tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post3997469594570243046..comments2024-03-15T00:20:00.180-07:00Comments on Justine Picardie: A park full of snowmenJustine Picardiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-58567301557028248412012-02-13T07:38:44.392-08:002012-02-13T07:38:44.392-08:00Snow in the desert; sounds very Romantic -- I wond...Snow in the desert; sounds very Romantic -- I wonder if Lord Byron was ever inspired by such a scene?Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-37061354651864507962012-02-13T06:53:20.366-08:002012-02-13T06:53:20.366-08:00I was home to Scotland for a flying visit last wee...I was home to Scotland for a flying visit last week. No snow in my part of Scotland but plenty at Gatwick Airport on my return home to Tunisia.... My little girl, who is only 8, was over the moon - so it was snowball fights and mini-snowmen building outside the departures terminal as we had time to kill! But we have unseasonably cold weather here in Tunisia too - snow in the desert - the first time I have seen such a thing in my 16 years living here! I picked up my Dan Lepard book when I was in Scotland Justine - thank you for the recommendation it is perfect bedtime reading in such weather :) Love to you all wherever you are. XXXWilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08272049437527697552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-73777772897140734802012-02-10T17:46:04.082-08:002012-02-10T17:46:04.082-08:00No snow here but I did read Nesbo's "The ...No snow here but I did read Nesbo's "The Snowman" a while back, and his others, and can understand Scrivener's "nerves". <br /><br />I'm a great fan of Scandinavian crime writing and am just about to start a book by a new author for me, Mons Kallentoft, called "Midwinter Sacrifice". The blurb says, "The snow covered all tracks as the killer knew it would..."<br /><br />This is the first in a series and the second one is due out in May. The detective is a 31 yr old single mother on the Linkoping police force. No shortage of snow there as I know from flying into Sweden in winter several times with the massive snow machines blowing snow off the wings as it landed.jaywalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18057625356137450284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-56157480110209174992012-02-10T10:43:41.271-08:002012-02-10T10:43:41.271-08:00Good suggestion from Scrivener for eerie midnight ...Good suggestion from Scrivener for eerie midnight reading! Thank you so much.Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-85466310681926705062012-02-09T16:30:23.527-08:002012-02-09T16:30:23.527-08:00Icy cold and still snowing at midnight here in EC2...Icy cold and still snowing at midnight here in EC2. Your post gave me the impulse to start reading Jo Nesbo's The Snowman. Nesbo's spooky snowmen have combined in my suggestible mind with your idea of your park snowmen whispering to each other in the dark and I find I'm getting eye-dartingly jumpy. Chills of both kinds tonight.The Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478179879221168469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-86706337507342958422012-02-09T13:37:09.158-08:002012-02-09T13:37:09.158-08:00By which I mean, enough snow already on the ground...By which I mean, enough snow already on the ground -- but more snow thoughts very welcome here!Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-89841664726572618972012-02-09T13:36:26.256-08:002012-02-09T13:36:26.256-08:00More snow falling tonight. That's enough snow,...More snow falling tonight. That's enough snow, ed...Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-79553631855800842012-02-09T09:03:49.077-08:002012-02-09T09:03:49.077-08:00They made me think of primitive art, as well, rath...They made me think of primitive art, as well, rather than Raymond Briggs; these look a little bit Wicker Man-ish at dusk (though more cheerful in daylight). I suppose snowmen are like sandcastles; children make them, and then time or tide knock them down. When my sons were little, we used to make elaborate sandcastles -- keeps and turrets and moats and bridges -- and every so often, one or the other of them would 'accidentally' fall over and crush them, much to my chagrin -- but perhaps that was part of the enjoyment for them? (The agony and the ecstasy...)<br />I love reading everyone's comments here; snowmen revealing your warm hearts...Justine Picardiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16957669049699860596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-7316032270841638062012-02-09T07:38:21.008-08:002012-02-09T07:38:21.008-08:00Glad to see the grumpy park keeper is alive and we...Glad to see the grumpy park keeper is alive and well! I thought with all the cuts they'd gone the way of the snowman in summer, melted away long ago.Lilacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15782125673448880397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-24455949963864026762012-02-09T06:54:49.950-08:002012-02-09T06:54:49.950-08:00What sweet snowman- I also thought of Raymond Brig...What sweet snowman- I also thought of Raymond Briggs and I have never ever made a snowman !!!!!! Something is lacking in my life which has been sans snow men !!!!!!enidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04506741826683775428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-89462569868854696722012-02-09T05:19:11.523-08:002012-02-09T05:19:11.523-08:00Let's hope they don't suffer the same fate...Let's hope they don't suffer the same fate as these hapless ones in West London:<br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/9069843/Snowmen-beheaded-for-damaging-the-grass.htmlLazywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04165525030432208409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-26522729263637652152012-02-09T01:39:27.611-08:002012-02-09T01:39:27.611-08:00Inspirational collection, thank you.
You can keep...Inspirational collection, thank you.<br /><br />You can keep all those beautifully honed perfect "ice sculptures" - these are worth a million of them. But then I have an innate primitive art bias I suppose...amanda whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09761932635394691430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-21738896121904197672012-02-08T21:41:53.000-08:002012-02-08T21:41:53.000-08:00I seem to remember my earliest memory as my parent...I seem to remember my earliest memory as my parents building me a snowman - complete with carrot nose & scarf - while I was stuck inside with a bad cold, and later being carried outside in my pajamas (and coat) to view their masterpiece. I also feel I remember reading a children's book about a snowman come to life...perhaps it will find me again, someday.<br /><br />I came back from Asia in mid-January and was greeted the next day with a snowstorm. Walking in a park, I came across a little girl busily stomping her poor little snowman - decorated with leaves, sticks, rocks, and her hat - into the muddy ground. Alas, poor snowman.kairuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608839703020585886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1078357011397157919.post-50387814364615958792012-02-08T17:04:44.438-08:002012-02-08T17:04:44.438-08:00Great images Justine - love Snowmen - got the Raym...Great images Justine - love Snowmen - got the Raymond Briggs images stuck in my headAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com